Adam Schoenberg - Finding Rothko

December 2, 2022

Shawn Vondran leads the Symphonic Band in a performance of Adam Schoenberg’s Finding Rothko, written for chamber orchestra in 2006 and transcribed for wind ensemble by Lance Sample in 2017.

(00:16) Orange
(04:09) Yellow
(07:24) Red
(11:39) Wine

Program Note

Finding Rothko is inspired by the paintings of the abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko, which Schoenberg saw at the Museum of Modern Art in New York while just beginning his doctoral studies at Juilliard. Although played without a break, the work is in four distinct movements, each devoted to a specific Rothko painting and named after the principal color used in the painting.

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